Notwithstanding Suranga Lakmal playing spirited spells to get five wickets, Australia seized control of the procedures toward the finish of Day 2 of the Gabba Test versus Sri Lanka. The home group were played out for 323, picking up a first innings lead of 179.
Australia’s solid position was based on the sizeable 166-run remain between Travis Head (84) and Marnus Labuschagne (84). At the point when the team united, Lahiru Kumara and Lakmal had struck once each to leave Australia in a spot of trouble at 82 for 4.
Marcus Harris again got a begin before gifting his wicket away by slicing a ball to in reverse point. In the interim, Lakmal produced a trace of outswing to evoke the outside edge of Lyon with Kusal Mendis getting the catch in the slip cordon. Australia required a remain of substance and it was the couple of Head and Labuschagne who acted the hero.
The match had a couple of brazen minutes at an early stage, including Head edging a roll over the slip cordon and Labuschagne enduring a noisy yell for a LBW. In any case, when them two paddled through the underlying minutes, runs began to stream. Head played a couple of heavenly drives while Labuschagne utilized the breadth to great impact against Dilruwan Perera.
The Sri Lankan camp likewise had an open door when the untiring Lakmal bowed his back to motivate one to commence the surface and discover the edge of Head’s willow just for Niroshan Dickwella to put down the opportunity. The resultant edge was flying directly to the primary slip defender yet Dickwella plunged crosswise over and grassed the chance.
The botched opportunity after the Tea break turned out to be expensive as the combine before long took the hosts past the 200-run check. In edginess, Perera persuaded Dinesh Chandimal to take a survey for a LBW against Labuschagne yet without progress. By then the voyagers had likewise spent both their audits. Exactly when the combine looked set to direct Australia to the Dinner Break, Dhananjaya de Silva, the part-clock, expelled Labuschagne.
The wicket of Labuschagne opened the conduits for Lakmal to tear through whatever is left of the request in the night session. He found a trace of shape again into Head to expel the well set batsman LBW. With his extremely next ball, he swung one far from Tim Paine to discover the edge and send the Australian commander on his way.
Kurtis Patterson, the Test debutant, played with a pinch of smoothness as the lead kept on swelling. Lakmal, be that as it may, returned for another spell to expel Patterson for his five-fer not long after Chameera had sent Cummins back to the cabin. Mitchell Starc, batting at No.10, disappointed Sri Lanka further with a whirlwind of limits before Perera gave the completing contacts by evacuating Jhye Richardson.
For the vacationers, Lakmal played with great control and discovered development noticeable all around and off the pitch to cause issues. In the night session, he likewise separated ‘zoom’ off the surface. Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirmanne then swam through the vast majority of the last thirty minutes of the day’s play before Cummins expelled the previous. Cummins, who is transforming into a heartbeat of the Australian camp, sufficiently discovered nip to deliver the edge and get the scalp off the last wad of Day 3.
Australia haven’t lost a Test at the Gabba since 1988-89 when West Indies’ fearsome pace assault helped the visitors post a reverberating eight-wicket win. The home side are very much put to keep up their Brisbane amazingness.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 144 (Niroshan Dickwella 64; Pat Cummins 4-39, Jhye Richardson 3-26) and 17/1 (Pat Cummins 0-1) trail Australia 323 (Travis Head 84, Marnus Labuschagne 81; Suranga Lakmal 5-75) by 162 runs.